March 31, 2007 -
Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington - Report/Photos by Mike BlairMolly McConnell scored her 6th win in an impressive fashion
Saturday night at the Emerald Queen Casino. McConnell faced Kita
Watkins (2-1-0, 1KO) in what was scheduled as a 6 round fight.
Watkins stepped out in round one and threw a flurry of punches at
McConnell. That tactic kept McConnell backing up in the early part
of the round, and occasionally, Watkins did catch McConnell, though
apparently not hard enough to sting her. Watkins plan appeared to be
to attack McConnell's head. However, too often her shots were wide
looping punches. McConnell slipped most of them and blocked the
others. In the second round McConnell settled in to a rhythm in
which she poked jabs between Watkins arms. When Watkins rose her
hands to protect her head, McConnell dropped to punish Watkins's
body. McConnell's accurate jab and right hands to the body almost
took Watkins out of the fight in the 2nd. She was hurt, but tough
enough to stay up and continue fighting. Between the 2nd and 3rd the
doctor looked hard at Watkins, but he decided she was ok to
continue, at least for a while. McConnell continued the assault in
the 3rd. This time, no matter how hard she tried to move forward,
Watkins could not answer. The referee stopped the action to let the
doctor have another look, and they decided Watkins should not
continue. McConnell scored the TKO victory at 1:08 of the
third round. She is now 6-1; Watkins evens her record at 2-2.

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